The sun and the moon are flying, and the heat goes by and cold comes. Li Ruoxue was pregnant for ten months and gave birth to twin babies. The man was named Zhao Yong and his daughter was named Zhao Zhuo. The 8th Battalion of Chengying, led by Zhao Xingde, was also trained into an army. As soon as the two children were full term, Zhao Xingde received the military order to go to Liaodong by the General's Mansion. On the day of departure, Li Ruoxue was worried that the child could not bear the cold wind, so he only sent it to his own door. Li Rui and Chen Yuyi personally went to the camp of Chengying Army to see off Xingde.

"Go to the West, brother, always say that you should keep a useful body and improve your art to serve the hometown of Guandong." Li Rui looked at Zhao Xingde in the distance. He wore a black bear's fur cloak and sat upright. "I really didn't expect that you would sacrifice your life to block the arrows for Lord Yuan."

Chen Yuyi's face was pale. This was the result of long-term bed rest. The assassin's arrow penetrated the lungs. Fortunately, it was not poisonous. After more than half a year of care, the arrow wound gradually healed. He watched Zhao De lead the soldiers out of the camp slowly and whispered: "If this is not the case, thousands of workers and disciples will be killed innocently, just to the thief's thoughts. At that time, Lord Yuan was involved in the interests of hundreds of thousands of workers and disciples, and this was the source of justice." He sighed slightly and said in a deep voice: "I have no choice." He took a deep breath of cold air, and a pain still came from the wounds.

Zhao Xingde turned around and waved to the two friends, lifted the reins lightly, and the war horse moved forward slowly. Behind him, the 700 soldiers from the Eighth Battalion of Chengying, and more than 200 cavalry were on the horse. Behind him were the ropes, and there were 150 double-shaft carts, full of baggage for the entire battalion, and half of the infantry were sitting in the cart. This 700-man team would infiltrate the Liao Kingdom by land from Mobei, while the other 300 gunners rushed to Shu in advance, where they received the thirty cast artillery guns, and then turned to Dali and Annan, took the warship of the Fourth Battalion of Chengying at Yuntun Port in Zhennanbao, and took the sea to Liaodong.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Liu Yi was busy dealing with various requests reported by Guanzhong. After the promulgation of "workers and disciples' own laws", Guanzhong's industry and commerce were undoubtedly a major earthquake and a reshuffle. Various rules, township agreements and problems emerged one after another. Although local officials dealt with most of them, many people handed over to the Prime Minister's Mansion. After the Qiu Workshop incident, the traitor Cao investigated a group of corrupt officials in Guanzhong. The number of newly promoted officials was slightly larger, and it still took time to slowly develop the experience of being the only one.

The soldiers of the Tiger Wing Army heard loud salutes from outside. Liu Yi looked up and saw that it was General Zhang Shanfu, the marching chief, pushed the door and entered. Zhang Shanfu said in a deep voice: "I just went to see off the 8th Battalion of Chengying." He had a smile on his face.

Liu Yi smiled slightly and sighed: "I am now a little regretful. It may be better if Zhao De has been trained in the Tiance Courtyard for a few years." Although the status of a civil servant is gradually becoming important, Xia State is still a country belonging to the sergeant. Although Zhao De spent a short time in the Guguo Mansion, his unique vision when he was talking about the country was amazing. Many veteran lieutenants even recalled Liu Yi's performance when he was in the Guguo Mansion.

"But Captain Zhao seems to care a lot about solving the dangers and difficulties of the Han people in Liaodong." Zhang Shanfu smiled. In his eyes, although the Han people in Liaodong could be borrowed or even used, they were still very different from the Xia people. "Even if he was asked to go to Tianceyuan, he would not be as vigorous as going to Liaodong. This is a war horse, not a horse that plows the land. He should go to the battlefield in Liaodong."

"The General is here to visit. Is it just here to show off his brave generals?" Liu Yi leaned against the back of the chair and stared at Zhang Shanfu. There were three tea cups in front of him. Seeing that Zhang Shanfu didn't seem to be leaving quickly, he personally poured him a cup of Shu tea. The fragrance of tea rose with the mist of water, presenting a leisurely atmosphere. Xia Kingdom solved several major events, and now it has entered the stage of recuperation. The atmosphere in the Prime Minister's Mansion is not as tense as in previous years.

"Of course not." Zhang Shanfu's eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance. He put the file in his hand in front of Liu Yi, and took the teacup without hesitation and drank it. "Since the court has interfered in the affairs of the worker and disciples, and has relief and protection of the people to win the hearts of the people, we plan to establish a military training army among the worker and disciples. I hope the Prime Minister will support it." The "we" he said was the consultation opinions of several generals in the General's Mansion.

"These workers and apprentices have never practiced martial arts, and the workshop is not as busy and orderly as the farmer's family. It is probably a bit troublesome to be able to take time to study and review and train. "Liu Yi opened the file and looked down at a glance. But his eyes suddenly stopped. He slowly pondered: "Use the social workers to train the muskets and spearmen?" Seeing this, he did not look at the contents behind and turned directly to the last page of the file, with the name of Zhao De, the master of the Jince.

Zhang Shanfu smiled proudly and said, "This is the plan made by the Marine Department before he went to the expedition. Although these workers and disciples are weak in physical strength and do not know about weapons, bows and crossbows, their requirements for firearms are low. Moreover, after being stabbed, they can not only fight far away and restrain crossbows, but also engage in close combat. Moreover, those workers and disciples have developed the habit of obedience in the workshop, which is suitable for practicing the art of unity formations. When they hear drums, they advance and when they hear gold, they retreat. They are a little stunned, but they can also go to the battlefield."

Workers and disciples in the workshop are relatively concentrated, not scattered in the countryside like those in prefectures and counties. If they are really trained into an army, the mobilization time will be much faster than the existing army training. It is just training workers and disciples, which involves interfering with the contracts of merchants. Moreover, the workshop is busy all year round, and whenever the school reviews the group training will affect the industrial and commercial tax. Liu Yi pondered and continued to read Zhao De's plan page by page, covering the detailed plan from the training of the musket gun army itself, to the training of the camp team as a unit for 20 days a year, to how the court can truly educate and conquer people's hearts through the relief office, integrate it with the Xia state, eliminate the negative concerns, and make it able to defend itself, and become another pillar of the country. The plan of more than 200 pages was written by Zhao De in his spare time when his wife was in confinement.

"The guns and guns are perfectly matched with field cannons," Zhang Shanfu added, "The Chunyu Iron Factory, which casts new guns, has tried to produce fire guns that can be recharged repeatedly, and the guns can be equipped with the same guns. Although there are many workers and apprentices, because of the training, the Ordnance Department only needs to customize the first batch of 20,000 fire guns and guns." He paused and said, "By the way, there are 200,000 paper packs of ammunition required for the fire guns."

"No wonder I came to the door," Liu Yi said in his thoughts, "This cost is not small. The ammunition of muskets will be gone as soon as they fire. It is not like arrows that can be used repeatedly. It is poor and it is impossible for me to buy ammunition by myself. Unlike the prefectures and county regiments, farmers have bows, crossbows and arrows for more than a hundred years. If the muskets and guns are trained, the ammunition will cost every year. When the cannons and muskets sound, the money will go out like flowing water, and the court has a lot of burden." He closed the file and smiled bitterly: "I am increasingly regretting that I didn't transfer Zhao De to the Tiance Courtyard."

At dusk, in the Chugong Hall of Bianliang, the third prince Zhao Qi was listening to his father's instructions.

This was the eleventh year of Xuanhe. Zhao Youqinzheng indulged in lust and took the golden elixir, and his face was a little deteriorated. However, his emperor's mind became more and more proficient. Not only did Prince Cai become more and more difficult to guess His Majesty's thoughts. The Qingliu officials in the court were gradually tamed by His Majesty, and even agreed to the momentum of the third prince replacing the prince into the Eastern Palace.

"That Fujian son Chen Dong is a talented person, but unfortunately he is unruly. I am willing to suppress them. I will leave it to you for future use," Zhao You said slowly, with a look of regret in his eyes. He admires Zhao Xingde even more. Unfortunately, this son seems not to be used by the court, and he still hides his name and does not know where to end. "When I return to heaven, you will be able to put away your heart with a little favor." His eyes slowly turned cold and he said in a deep voice, "But remember that Chen Dong is so sharp that he is too arrogant and is a capable minister, but he must not let him take over the power of the prime minister, otherwise he will be worried about invading the power of the monarch."

Just two days ago, Yang Shi, the head of the world's clear stream, passed away. Zhao You was awarded the title of the scholar of Longtu Pavilion and the posthumous title of Wenjing. When Yang Shi was alive, he was old and stronger, and was a strong man. It made Zhao You feel a headache. He was afraid of his reputation in the scholars' forests, so he offered him a gift in the Imperial College and avoided him when he had nothing to do. Now that Yang Shi is dead, he makes him mournful and honored him, which is also the meaning of buying horse bones for a thousand gold. Zhao You specially asked the third prince Zhao Qi to mourn Yang Shi on his behalf, and read the imperial edict and posthumous title, which also made him win the hearts of scholars. Before leaving, he also specifically advised him how to control the court officials.
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